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Your Song Changed My Life: From Jimmy Page to St. Vincent, Smokey Robinson to Hozier, Thirty-Five Beloved Artists on Their Journey and the Music That Inspired It
Bob Boilen · William Morrow, 2016.
Pages: 192
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From the beloved host and creator of NPR's All Songs Considered and Tiny Desk Concerts comes an essential oral history of modern music, told in the voices of iconic and up-and-coming musicians, including Dave Grohl, Jimmy Page, Michael Stipe, Carrie Brownstein, Smokey Robinson, and Jeff... |
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Warrior: A Memoir
Theresa Larson · HarperOne
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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In this inspiring memoir, a former female Marine platoon leader recalls the wars she has fought - on the playing field, the battlefield, and inside her own soul - revealing how overcoming the harrowing circumstances in her life helped her ultimately redefine what it means to be strong and what... |
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The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life
Margaret Guroff · University of Texas Press
Pages: 216
Format: Print book |
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With cities across the country adding miles of bike lanes and building bike-share stations, bicycling is enjoying a new surge of popularity in America. It seems that every generation or two, Americans rediscover the freedom of movement, convenience, and relative affordability of the bicycle.... |
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Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering
Maurice Isserman · W W Norton
Pages: 448
Format: Print book |
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This magesterial and thrilling history argues that the story of American mountaineering is the story of America itself. Mountains have had an outsized impact on American identity: the Rockies and Tetons pulled us westward toward Manifest Destiny; the Catskills and Appalachians stirred the transcendentalists;... |
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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
Eric Jay Dolin · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 448
Format: Print book |
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In a work rich in maritime lore and brimming with original historical detail, Eric Jay Dolin, the best-selling author of Leviathan, presents an epic history of American lighthouses, telling the story of America through the prism of its beloved coastal sentinels.Set against the backdrop... |
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Unrelenting: The Real Story: Horses, Bright Lights and My Pursuit of Excellence
George H Morris · Trafalgar Square Books
Pages: 560
Format: Print book |
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If there is one name in the American equestrian story that everyone knows, it is George Morris.A horse lover, rider, carouser, competitor, taskmaster, dreamer, teacher, and visionary, George Morris has been ever-present on the rarified stage of the international riding elite for most of the 70 years... |
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God is Round
Juan Villoro · Restless Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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A brilliant and kaleidoscopic exploration of the world's favorite sport and the passion, hopes, rivalries, superstitions, and global solidarity soccer inspires from award-winning author and Mexico's leading sports journalist, Juan Villoro.What was the greatest goal of all time?... |
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